Zurich is also a sporting attraction to a lot of athletes. One of the most popular sports in Zurich is BMX riding. You can ride your BMX almost everywhere, but one of the best places to ride in Zurich is Bike Park Allmend. It covers an area of 5500 m² /59202 ft².
It is opened everyday from 8.00 to 21.00 and there is no entrance fee. The park has to offer many features. One of them is Urban BMX space. Urban comes from the Olympic sport of BMX. It has a starting hill of 13.1 ft /4 m high, a starting gate and two lines, 4 ft /1.2 m wide and 80 ft /24.3 m long each.
The Jump track is another feature, offering several curves, integrally connecting jump lines. All three deep bowls of 2.8 meters / 9.2 feet long each can be driven combined. The last feature is a Pumptrack, where the 40 ft / 12.1 m long waves and steep curves allow the pump with pure driving through the body (without pedaling).
The wheel track has 20 ft /6 m long waves and gentle curves that can be ridden from novice bikers. In the bike park, you will find three levels of difficulty, easy, medium and hard. The public toilets and lockers are attached to the Freestyle Park.
It is highly recommended that you use safety equipment. So, if you find yourself in Zurich, try this brand new bike park.
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Ghent is situated in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is a city and a municipality and is the capital and the largest city of the province of East Flanders. The start of the city was as a settlement of the confluence of the rivers Lys and Scheldt and during the Middle Ages, it became one of the richest and largest cities of northern Europe. Nowadays, it is a busy city with a university and a port.
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North Little Rock, known as "opposite Little Rock" until the civil war and ''Argenta'' from January 1906 to October 1917, is located across the picturesque Arkansas River in Pulaski County, Arkansas. The state’s 6th largest city includes among others beautiful lakes, magnificent parks, walking and bicycling trails, recreational and entertainment facilities.
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The QParks tour is finally arriving in Switzerland on March 11 for the Oakley Schilthorn Open tour stop in Skyline Snowpark Schilthorn. Freeskiers and snowboarders who will convince judges with their skills will head back home with full pockets!
Bern is the capital city of Switzerland and the fifth most populous city in the country. It is also the capital of the Canton of Bern which is the second most populous among the Swiss cantons. Bern is situated on the Swiss plateau in the Canton of Bern, north of the Bernese Alps and slightly at 20 km/12 mi in the west from the center of Switzerland.
The Contra Dam is known as Verzasca Dam and Locarno Dam. It is an arched dam, situated on the Verzasca River in the Val Verzasca of Ticino.The Dam became popular for bungee jumping, after a James Bond stuntman performed a bungee jump from it in the opening scene of the 1995 movie Golden Eye. The stunt was voted as the best movie stunt of all time in a poll of 2002 made by Sky Movies.
Are you ready to get amped up? We’re just one stop away from the QParks Tour Finals! This is it! On the 19th of March, a bunch of young talented freeskiers and snowboarders alongside freestyle Pros will be gathering at the Skyline Snowpark in Schilthorn, Switzerland riding to win their spot in the Finals.
